I’ve been writing on this site for well over a decade. The work here spans entrepreneurship, travel, tech, and now systems thinking, politics and the metacrisis. I’ve curated what’s most relevant for the other pages and left the rest here for anyone interested in the longer arc.
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The Quandary of Self Education (Part II)
What is the most effective way to learn? I figured out that just absorbing static knowledge is a terrible approach because I can’t prioritize lessons properly and it doesn’t make…
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The Quandary of Self Education (Part I)
I am trying to be Neo from the Matrix. There are thousands of hours of knowledge that I need to cram into my brain as quickly and effectively as possible.…
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Paul Graham on “Cities and Ambition”
I don’t intend to use this as a platform for just relinking to other blogs but, given the context of my recent posts, in this case it seems rather appropriate.…
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City Search 2012: San Francisco, Here I Come!
If you’ve read through my thought process in the previous posts then I don’t think it comes as much of a surprise that my compass will guide me to San…
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The Titan and the Contender: A Tale of Two Cities
The finalists in this whole process can’t lay claim to the kind of general perfection of San Diego or Austin but their flaws come from a place of unmatched opportunity.…
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City Search 2012: Chart of the Day
The NVCA publishes an annual VC yearbook using MoneyTree data. I put together a chart of total VC investment by region for each of my 8 choices. I’m not sure…
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City Search 2012: Two Perfect?
The final four cities are, frankly, all places that I really want to live in. At this point it is less about finding reasons to not move there as it…
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City Search 2012: Honorable Mentions
I cut the list of potential cities in half based on the criteria I outlined before. Unfortunately, that means some great candidates didn’t quite fit the bill. Boston, MA I…
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Where To, Cap’n?
I’m leaving Houston and going… somewhere. I have the advantage of portability in my lifestyle – there’s a lot of crap to sell and that sucks but I’m not faced…
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This Is Just A Crappy WordPress Site…
…For now. But I’ve got a vision of something much greater. Originally, I wasn’t going to release anything at all until I was fully ready to put out the Amazing…
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Houston: It’s Not Me, It’s You
Why am I leaving Houston? The easiest explanation is that I’ve got “happy feet” and I’m allergic to staying in one place for too long before getting the urge to…
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The Curriculum
Being an entrepreneur requires wearing a lot of hats. Luckily, all the skills involved are things that I’m highly interested in learning. At this point, I’ve got a “$@#% I…
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My Goals (Or, “Why Entrepreneurship?”)
I’ve been fairly clear about what I’m leaving behind and the general next steps but perhaps less so about where I’d actually like to be. You’ll have to forgive the…
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What Comes Next
So what comes next? I’ve been asked that a lot lately. Well, the reality is that I’m soon out of the job and somewhere down the road I’ll need to…
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Austin Startup Weekend
Day 1 On a sunny Friday afternoon in late March I threw my suitcase and a bicycle into my trunk and trekked the 3 hours to Austin for an event…
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Today I Quit My Job
Today I quit my job. Well, not exactly… I gave my notice and set the clock ticking on my extrication from this industry. Energy has been my home for the…